Philippines reports 3,580 new COVID-19 cases, 50 deaths

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Locals walk past a COVID-19 pandemic themed mural ABS-CBN News/file" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/08/24/20220718-covid19-mural-makati-jc-3.jpg"/><figcaption>Locals walk past a COVID-19 pandemic themed mural at an under pass in Makati CIty on July 18, 2022. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Philippines recorded 3,580 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, according to latest data from the Department of Health (DOH), bringing the country&#x27;s total confirmed coronavirus infections to 3,864,034.</p><p>Fifty new deaths were also reported, the highest number of new deaths since May 1, noted ABS-CBN Data Analytics Team head <a href="https://twitter.com/EdsonCGuido/status/1562390396373987329">Edson Guido</a>.</p><p>This raised the total number of people in the country who succumbed to the respiratory disease to 61,476.</p><p>Active cases stood at 30,240, the lowest since July 28, according to Guido.</p><p>Those who recovered from the illness have now reached 3,772,318.</p><p>Of the new infections, 1,212 are from Metro Manila.</p><p>During the week of Aug. 15 to 21, the country recorded an average of 3,412 daily infections, which is 15 percent lower compared to the previous week.</p><p>Of the new infections during the past week, 101 were severe and critical.</p><p>A total of 811 or 9.7 percent of COVID-19 patients in hospitals were in severe and critical condition, said the DOH.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/22/22/doh-23883-covid-cases-321-deaths-logged-in-past-week">Philippines logs 23,883 COVID-19 cases in past week; 321 deaths reported</a></li></ul><p>At least 72.3 million people in the country have been fully vaccinated against the respiratory disease, of whom 17.4 million have received their booster shots.</p><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/AVrvthCAQzJlpBi36CK6" data-title="Weekly COVID-19 cases in the PH" data-type="interactive"> </div><script type="text/javascript">!function(e,i,n,s){var t='InfogramEmbeds',d=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement('script');o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src='https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js',d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async');</script><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2189070" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Philippines recorded 3,580 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the country's total confirmed coronavirus infections to 3,864,034.

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Philippines reports 3,580 new COVID-19 cases, 50 deaths

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